Loic Damour has returned to full training with Hearts as he steps up his recovery from injury.
The midfielder has been sidelined with a heel problem since last month, but is now on the verge of making his long-awaited comeback.
Damour's last outing was in a 1-0 defeat to St Mirren on March, the final game before the Premiership campaign was curtailed and the Tynecastle club were relegated to the Championship.
But Robbie Neilson revealed the Frenchman is back in full training at Riccarton, although the report says he is a few weeks away from first team action.
He told the Edinburgh Evening News : “Loic is back training and he's been fine. His problem seems to have cleared up and he is in full training, so we will see how he is.
“He has only been back about a week after being off for a while so it will be some time before he's ready."
